THE DOG EXHIBITION

December 17, 2023 - January 28, 2024

Hahndorf Academy’s inaugural dog exhibition is perfect for dog lovers and art lovers and includes South Australian artists who’s art works range from paintings, ceramics, dog jewellery and animation. We expect up to 20,000 visitors to view the artworks in the galleries.

Closing Finissage: January 28th, 3 - 5pm with guest speaker Sally Hardy - Arts Officer for MBDC. We’ll also have activities including a Doggy Fashion Parade and Walk the Dog competition. everyone is welcome, bring your dog dressed up!

Dog Drawing workshop with Ellie Noir DOG DRAWING WORKSHOP WITH ELEANOR NOIR — Hahndorf Academy

Dog Collar workshop with Olivia Kathigitis. MAKE YOUR OWN DOG COLLAR WORKSHOP WITH OLIVIA KATHIGITIS — Hahndorf Academy

As part of The Dog Exhibition we ran a dog photo competition to find the “Hahndorf Hound” and we are pleased to announce that Tashi won this prize. Tashi’s portrait will be painted by Nicola Semmens and will be shown in the exhibition. Thank you to all the dogs who entered this competition, we received wonderful photographs which we will display during this exhibition period.

In GALLERY 1 – ADELAIDE arts

Group exhibition of Adelaide artists in gallery 1 include Wendy Dixon–Whiley, Zoe Freney, Harriet Geater-Johnson, Olivia Kathigitis, Ellie Noire, Rosina Possingham, Thomas Readett, Nicola Semmens, Deb Twining, John Bannerman, Claire Wildish and the Cucumber Project.

In GALLERY 2 – TWINING arts                                 

Young artists from the kid’s art classes with Twining Arts will be exhibiting their artworks in gallery 2. These amazing young creatives are guided and taught by artist/arts educator Deb Twining, so we expect some dog crazy imagination and fun with their collaborative works.

In GALLERY 3 – Arts Community

We sent a call out to the community for South Australian artists to enter and exhibit their dog artwork and we received a great response, we will provide a list of all the artists soon.

Tashi, winner of the dog photo competition

Deb Twining, “Polly’, 2021, Graphite on paper